1. Winter buds.
2. Flowering branch.
3. Flower with part of perianth and stamens removed.
4. A petal.
5. Fruiting branch.
6. Mature leaf.

Prunus Avium, L.

Mazard Cherry.

Introduced from England; occasionally spontaneous along fences and the borders of woodlands. As an escape, 25-50 feet high, with a trunk diameter of 1-2 feet; head oblong or ovate; branches mostly ascending. Leaves ovate to obovate, more or less pubescent beneath, serrate, 3-5 inches long; leafstalk about ½ inch long, often glandular near base of leaf; inflorescence in umbels; flowers white, expanding with the leaves; fruit dark red, sweet, mostly inferior or blighted.


LEGUMINOSÆ. PULSE FAMILY.

Gleditsia triacanthos, L.

Honey Locust. Three-thorned Acacia.

Habitat and Range.—In its native habitat growing in a variety of soils; rich woods, mountain sides, sterile plains.

Southern Ontario.